Kintropy In Action

One of my favorite shows is What Not to Wear. When the commercials first started, I was appalled. I was sure nothing of substance could come out of insulting people in regards to fashion. I was wrong; it wasn't what the show was about. The show is about how everyone is wonderful and can look fabulous. The fabulousness can go with any style choice, personality or body type. The people they makeover never look like copies of one another. It is a celebration of the individual. An actual media event about fashion that doesn't make a woman who is not a size two or zero feel that they have a chance at fashion and beauty.

I was raised by an engineer/mother that came from a close to poverty upbringing.

Fashion advice and clothing advice has never been a surplus in my life. So this show has educated me a great deal and helped me realize that outward beauty is not that vapid of an idea.

So this weekend we took the kids for a rescheduled hair appointment at the local Castle Cuts. (The original appointment got waylaid due to hospitalization) It is a place geared toward young kids. The beauticians can do a straight bob while the participant is moving his/her head this way and that. There are televisions at every station, and instead of barber chairs, they have plastic cars on stands for the kids to sit in. Plus the waiting area has wall to wall toys. Most people have problems getting their children to leave.

Hannah’s not great about having her hair messed with. To listen to her carrying on with a hair brushing, you would think that we were slicing into her. She does better with IV insertions! Gabriel is a pro; he usually goes with Daddy for haircuts these days. So we got Gabriel in first to show Hannah how easy it is.

I grabbed a style book quickly because we made it to the appointment just in time. I showed Gabriel two pictures I liked that didn’t have spikes. I like spikey hair; he doesn’t. He went for the middle of the road and the stylist began. As she began to cut Gabriel said "I wish I could have my hair cut all day."

The stylist smiled "I wish I could cut your hair all day. You’re not crying, and you have perfect hair." He has my straight hair, but it falls well and never tangles.

He went off to play while I held Hannah in the Jeep seat. I said "It’s like What Not to Wear Hannah. You’re getting a haircut." Hannah’s nurse stood in front and sang to her while Gabriel and Daddy came to entertain her. The receptionist who was off came over with bubbles and blew them at her. It was a production, but Hannah came away with a new haircut that won’t tangle in her trach ties anymore.

YaY!

--Mom